The first parameter passed to container_of() is the pointer to the work structure passed to the worker and never NULL. The NULL check on the result of container_of() is therefore unnecessary and misleading. Remove it. This change was made automatically with the following Coccinelle script. @@ type t; identifier v; statement s; @@ <+... ( t v = container_of(...); | v = container_of(...); ) ... when != v - if (\( !v \| v == NULL \) ) s ...+> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c index 5b6c5669c03d..2f8d352e0069 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c @@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ static void kfd_sdma_activity_worker(struct work_struct *work) workarea = container_of(work, struct kfd_sdma_activity_handler_workarea, sdma_activity_work); - if (!workarea) - return; pdd = workarea->pdd; if (!pdd) -- 2.25.1